Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?

Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right.

The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.

But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.

Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat.

Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the Lord, will thrust them down.

In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

The bravehearted were plundered; they “fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.

Wild oxen will be slaughtered along with them, as well as strong bulls. Their land is drenched with blood, their soil is covered with fat.

(One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s shepherds.)

Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

For he says: “By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.

The snorting of the enemy’s horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!”

Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.

“People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion.

ס (Samek) He rounded up all my mighty ones; The Lord did this in my midst. He summoned an assembly against me to shatter my young men. The Lord has stomped like grapes the virgin daughter, Judah.